v Coventry City (h) - 21/01/25

[Gamst]

18 minutes ago, den said:

I honestly believe the owners don’t plan anything.

This is evidenced by one year not letting JDT sign anyone over the age of 15 and then signing Forshaw, Fadz, Fleck. I’m sure we were following the Brentford model a couple of years ago and then Broughton and JDT were bringing in lots of Scandinavian talent. The one consistent plan they have is to spend less money and to pull the wool over our eyes. 

[Mike E]

Just now, thegrumpyman said:

Come on now… let’s not be silly 

I’m not. Two headers stoped out of nowhere, and one goal-line clearance. Other shots too if he weren’t so weak at it.

[M_B]

11 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Couldn't have been that great a performance, we didn't fucking score!

You mustn't have fucking watched it then.

[Upside Down]

22 minutes ago, M_B said:

You mustn't have fucking watched it then.

I was taking the fucking piss.

[47er]

55 minutes ago, thegrumpyman said:

Derby have no money according to my old flatmate who is a life long fan and season ticket holder. They played their playmaker at right back tonight apparently.

And they have 30000ish every home game.

[M_B]

9 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

I was taking the fucking piss.

Good, sorry brother.

He needs to keep that up, didn't think he had such a performance in him to be honest. Up to now he's been nuisance value, tonight he looked like he actually knew how to play the position.

[roversfan99]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

We created some good chances first and second half, got down the wings and created things from open play. 

Gueye was very good, winning headers, overall play improving, had a few good chances, need to cross the ball more for him. 

Hit with 3 more injuries. 

Coventry didn't play us the park all this quality they have. 

More worried about the team we have on Saturday against Bristol City

The team we will field at the weekend is beyond worrying and its very difficult to give us a hope of a result.

The squad is falling apart because of a lack of quality and crucially depth. We are in terrible form and our players are falling apart due to over playing leaving us with a skeleton squad. Its happened over the last 3 seasons causing a tailspin in the second half of the season and it is happening again.

There was a lack of quality on show throughout. Hedges, Buckley, Forshaw, Dolan etc all not up to standard. Gueye could still be out there now and would still not have scored.

[Fraserkirky]

If I was John Eustace, I’d be off too Derby in a flash if they come calling, this club is in a Venkys induced coma of nothingness and showing no signs of ambition. It’s Groundhog Day again. What is the point in Venkys owning Blackburn Rovers? Why do they do it?

Edited January 22 by Fraserkirky

[chaddyrovers]

2 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

The team we will field at the weekend is beyond worrying and its very difficult to give us a hope of a result.

The squad is falling apart because of a lack of quality and crucially depth. We are in terrible form and our players are falling apart due to over playing leaving us with a skeleton squad. Its happened over the last 3 seasons causing a tailspin in the second half of the season and it is happening again.

There was a lack of quality on show throughout. Hedges, Buckley, Forshaw, Dolan etc all not up to standard. Gueye could still be out there now and would still not have scored.

We now on 14 players out injury or ill. Of course the squad has been hit with 14 injuries but my worry is the amount of muscle injuries 

You say lack of quality on show throughout, yet we were better team tonight and created some great chances..

Gueye is improving week on week, pleased for him and the work he is putting in

[philipl]

Gueye was fantastic last night.

Eustace did his level best.

Swag should resign.

Coventry had done their homework on Toth sadly.

Can we recall Duru?

[Forever Blue]

5 hours ago, Crimpshrine said:

I think you will find that the term 'critical friend' is referring to the club not the owners. Not bizarre at all.

I think you’ll find that when questioned one prominent member of WATR stated they weren’t calling for Venkys to go. Like I said, very bizarre. 
 

Oh, and Venky’s own the club, so they were indeed referring to them. 

Edited January 22 by Forever Blue

[cesus]

2 hours ago, philipl said:

Gueye was fantastic last night.

Eustace did his level best.

Swag should resign.

Coventry had done their homework on Toth sadly.

Can we recall Duru?

I wouldn't attribute Coventry had done their homework on Toth as such, I'd say they are just very good at set pieces. We've seen it at Ewood with them 2 seasons ago when they scored with the last kick of the game, they took a stream of some best corners I'd seen in a short period of play in that match.

[dingles staying down 4ever]

7 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Well considering he put Simms and Asante-Thomas to shame tonight, I think that's slightly unfair. 

Gueye was easily Rovers' MOM and he did a lot more in the game but they both did little except scoring.

[47er]

6 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

The team we will field at the weekend is beyond worrying and its very difficult to give us a hope of a result.

The squad is falling apart because of a lack of quality and crucially depth. We are in terrible form and our players are falling apart due to over playing leaving us with a skeleton squad. Its happened over the last 3 seasons causing a tailspin in the second half of the season and it is happening again.

There was a lack of quality on show throughout. Hedges, Buckley, Forshaw, Dolan etc all not up to standard. Gueye could still be out there now and would still not have scored.

With the current players available we are a League One team. Thank God we got a bundle of points early.

[lraC]

8 hours ago, Cherry Blue said:

And Waggott knew too. 

Much as I hate him, the buck no longer stops with him.

Pasha is now making the financial decisions and has a remit to save the owners money.

Its with him and him alone that this window has been like it has and very much like they did once, we need the trust to call him out, only this time, no backing down if he pays some lip service. 

[RoversTilliDie]

We were that poor last night, one effort on goal went for a throw in. We gave the ball away every time we got it, and the passing was league 2 standard. The only bright spark was Gueye, who was a one man show. If we can turn him into a consistent goal scorer, he would be the finished article.

[Gaz85]

For what it’s worth, I thought we did a lot of good things last night. Created some good opportunities, but when Batth missed the chance in the first half I got “Stoke City vibes”, and unfortunately I was proved right. The injury list is increasing and morale in the camp must be at an all time low. 
 

Here we are again, a third January in a row where if we showed just a little ambition and backed the manager we could have a real go for a promotion push. But unfortunately the disease that’s Venkys continue to hamper any such hope. Just FUCK OFF!!

[RoversTilliDie]

It was that easy for Coventry last night, they turned it into a training session after they went 0-2 up. We need a proven consistent striker or two, to hit the opposition were it hurts.

[Tom]

4 hours ago, philipl said:

Gueye was fantastic last night.

Eustace did his level best.

Swag should resign.

Coventry had done their homework on Toth sadly.

Can we recall Duru?

More likely they did their homework on Pears and the tactic still paid off 

[RoversTilliDie]

We should have a Venkys out campaign for the next home game, we all stay outside the ground with banners for 10 minutes after kick off. These wa-k-rs, have ruined Blackburn Rovers football club. We need an owner whose interested in football, and prepared to put money in the pot when transfer windows open.

[roversfan99]

5 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

We now on 14 players out injury or ill. Of course the squad has been hit with 14 injuries but my worry is the amount of muscle injuries 

You say lack of quality on show throughout, yet we were better team tonight and created some great chances..

Gueye is improving week on week, pleased for him and the work he is putting in

Travis, Tronstad, Brittain, Batth have all played game after game and the strain of having a small squad has led to these injuries. The likes of Carter, Pickering and Sigurdsson (not that we miss him) are injury prone anyway.

And as has been the case for years, hence the constant second half of the season declines, when you peel beyond our first 11 our squad players are nowhere near good enough. Forshaw, Buckley, Hedges etc. Not Championship standard. We will fall soon out of top 6 contention.

Gueye's general play was good. His finishing is very bad.

[waynerovers]

Didn't even realise we were playing last night, by sounds of it that was a good thing.

[BlackburnEnd75]

If brittain, jrc and batth are all unavailable for Saturday then I genuinely don't know what JE can do. Especially at the back as we've not got 4 fit defenders.

They've loaned o'riordan and duru (who'd be starting Saturday if he was here), they're selling mcfadzean. They're loaning garrett when I'd have him starting ahead of forshaw.

Assuming pears will be back from illness. So what's it going to be?

                 Pears

 Weimann  Sanderson.  Hyam.  Beck

            Buckley.   Forshaw

Dolan.        Cantwell.        Hedges 

                   Gueye

Subs: toth, Leonard, some kids.

Could really do with batths injury being just a knock. Then sanderson can play right back. 

But that is startingly bad for a team (currently) in the top 6. It shows the real lack of investment in the side. Firstly because the front 4 you could argue have actually played the most mins in those positions this season and they aren't good enough. Then you've got the car crash signing of forshaw forced to start in cm. Then the lack of depth giving us 3 fit defenders. 

We need a signing by Saturday but won't get it. If there's a kid in the 21s who they think may have a chance of making it then they need to give them a go. 

 

Edited January 22 by BlackburnEnd75
Spag

[Lancaster Rover]

A front 4 of Dolan, Cantwell, Hedges and Gueye has a collective 6 goals between them in 28 games. Terrifying

Edited January 22 by Lancaster Rover

[G Somerset Rover]

21 minutes ago, Lancaster Rover said:

A front 4 of Dolan, Cantwell, Hedges and Gueye has a collective 6 goals between them in 28 games. Terrifying

The sooner Dolan and Hedges leave the better. I’m usually concerned with our continuous ambition to downgrade under this lot, but not with those two. I’ve never seen two attacking players so inefficient at either scoring or providing goals over such a prolonged period of time. Their records, particularly Hedges, are shameful. 

Edited January 22 by G Somerset Rover